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evening from new york, i'm chris hayes and today we watched as the federal official who oversees the obama care exchanges appeared before a house committee to testify about the flawed rollout of health care.gov. and we also watched as democrats on that committee reached their limit of just how much phony republican concern they can stomach. >> there had been a little bit and systematic attempt on the part of the majority in the house and the mine north in the senate to take it impossible for all americans to receive quality health care, and some of us will not stand for it. we will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. health care is a right and not a privilege. >> democrats today didn't hide their frustration with republicans suggest concern with fixing american's broken health care system. >> are you serious? what you just said? are you really serious? after what we have gone through? you can sit there and say that you had a legitimate alternative after these years? we have gone through 44 votes, 48 votes now of you trying to dismantle the election? >> there is n
evening from new york, i'm chris hayes and today we watched as the federal official who oversees the obama care exchanges appeared before a house committee to testify about the flawed rollout of health care.gov. and we also watched as democrats on that committee reached their limit of just how much phony republican concern they can stomach. >> there had been a little bit and systematic attempt on the part of the majority in the house and the mine north in the senate to take it impossible...
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>> we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> don't vote against your own interests. >> there is a certain amount of pushback that needs to happen, because of tea party activities. >> this is a referendum on obama care. >> ahh! >> want to go back, you want to say you are no longer covered any longer. >> we want more leaders like your next governor, ken cuccinelli. >> we're voting against cuccinelli for the governor's position. >> i want synchro nicety in government. ken cuccinelli is not supportive of our president's agenda. >> i'm scared to death of what obama care is doing to virginia virginians. >> nobody likes a cry baby. >> everything they're talking about, it's about undoing the progress. >> grind progress to an absolute halt. >> it's about undoing the progress that the vast majority of the american people think was progress. >> now, we didn't get universal health care, we didn't get the public option. but we got some good things. we moved forward. >> it is the working man's friend, and
>> we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> don't vote against your own interests. >> there is a certain amount of pushback that needs to happen, because of tea party activities. >> this is a referendum on obama care. >> ahh! >> want to go back, you want to say you are no longer covered any longer. >> we want more leaders like your next governor, ken cuccinelli. >> we're voting against cuccinelli for the governor's position....
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the thing that held the republican back in the obama era. the tea party that appears to have republicans headed for defeat. the party was taken over by the conservative wing on the swing state. the president on sunday have painted the general cuccinelli as an extremist and do their best to link him to the tea party in washington. you have seen an extreme faction of the republican party that has shown again and again and again that they are willing to hijack the entire party and the country and the economy and grind progress to an absolute halt if they don't get 100% of what they want. >> it was ken couch nell whoa brought ted to richmond two weeks ago. can you imagine if they ran the virginia government? >> cuccinelli joined on saturday, but wisconsin governor scott walker is trying to turn it into a referendum and trying to make it a referendum on the president himself. >> i am glad to have it here today too. on tuesday virginia can send a message to washington, d.c. and the rest of america and tell them no more denial of freedom for patien
the thing that held the republican back in the obama era. the tea party that appears to have republicans headed for defeat. the party was taken over by the conservative wing on the swing state. the president on sunday have painted the general cuccinelli as an extremist and do their best to link him to the tea party in washington. you have seen an extreme faction of the republican party that has shown again and again and again that they are willing to hijack the entire party and the country and...
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obama. in an interview with fusion last night, the president tried to highlight the big picture. better health care, easier to get. >> analysis has shown that if you're between 18 and 34 right now, about half of the people can get high-quality health care for less than $50 a month, less than your cell phone bill, less than your cable bill. about 70% can get it for less than $100 a month. >> joining me washington bureau chief for "huffington post" ryan grim, editor and publisher katarina and washington editor-at-large for the atlantic steve clemens. i dare say there's a lot of nuance here. i asked you guys when you sat down here, what is an unforced error. it seems what is happening now is a series of unforced errors. could the president not have gone out years ago, months ago and said, look, for the majority of americans, your plans aren't going to change. for some americans your plans will change but they are going to get better and possibly even cheaper, was that not politically possible?
obama. in an interview with fusion last night, the president tried to highlight the big picture. better health care, easier to get. >> analysis has shown that if you're between 18 and 34 right now, about half of the people can get high-quality health care for less than $50 a month, less than your cell phone bill, less than your cable bill. about 70% can get it for less than $100 a month. >> joining me washington bureau chief for "huffington post" ryan grim, editor and...
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the obama people's attitude toward that was this re-election is only about barack obama. you won't have a political future if we don't win. so you need to focus on, there are no side deals here. you need to focus on what's getting the president elected. >> i think he's still running for president. i think he'll decide long before hilly decides. mitt romney was asked on meet the press about what you reported. here he is responding to your great reportage. >> i know the vetting people who went through that analysis and put together their report laid everything out, but frankly there wasn't anything they put out that wasn't already part of the public record and hasn't been dealt with by chris christie. there was nothing new there. chris could easily become our nominee and save our party and help get this nation on the right track again. they don't come better than chris christie. >> don't you love leave time. howard knows how this works. by the time you got all that stuff you got about his vetting failures in the book, this guy has seen christie rise in the polls. he seems t
the obama people's attitude toward that was this re-election is only about barack obama. you won't have a political future if we don't win. so you need to focus on, there are no side deals here. you need to focus on what's getting the president elected. >> i think he's still running for president. i think he'll decide long before hilly decides. mitt romney was asked on meet the press about what you reported. here he is responding to your great reportage. >> i know the vetting people...
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here's our "viewer's guide to watching obama care coverage." when you see a report about someone being dropped from their insurance and not able to afford a replacement policy -- >> you've got millions of people being kicked off their plan. >> katherine says she found a plan on the health insurance marketplace that would cost them $178 a month, which she still considers a stretch for their budget. >> the question you should be asking is, does the person in this report qualify for subsidies on the newly created health exchange? someone like deborah cavalaro. >> i'd be paying more for the exchange plans that i am currently paying by a wide margin. >> the report did not mention that deborah qualifies for a hefty federal premium subsidy as reported later by the "l.a. times." if you are watching a report that doesn't say whether or not the subject qualifies for subsidies, the story is incomplete. next, when you watch a report about someone losing insurance they liked -- >> for tens of thousands are being notified their insurance plan is being cancel
here's our "viewer's guide to watching obama care coverage." when you see a report about someone being dropped from their insurance and not able to afford a replacement policy -- >> you've got millions of people being kicked off their plan. >> katherine says she found a plan on the health insurance marketplace that would cost them $178 a month, which she still considers a stretch for their budget. >> the question you should be asking is, does the person in this...
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obama is the first president in modern times to argue the u.s. not only had a right to do it but is right to do it. much of the world disagrees with that. sees convinced liberals this is a smart policy. >> hugo, we had last week a family from north waziristan, they had lost their grandmother in a u.s. drone strike, unacknowledged by the u.s. government, no reparations made to the family, deeply in debt because of medical expenses. they testified in congress. i think we have a picture of what the room looked like when they testified, it's basically empty. if you look at drones, 66% favor use of drones, 60% oppose use of drones, 50% say they do not know enough. on this issue, in many ways obama administration has won. >> one, the truth is it's a representative picture. it's true about here are the stories and the question is how many people are listening, right? >> right. >> the bigger question is what's the story that will get people to listen. how many stories will get people to listen. what will change the calculus. it's unclear. think of al gor
obama is the first president in modern times to argue the u.s. not only had a right to do it but is right to do it. much of the world disagrees with that. sees convinced liberals this is a smart policy. >> hugo, we had last week a family from north waziristan, they had lost their grandmother in a u.s. drone strike, unacknowledged by the u.s. government, no reparations made to the family, deeply in debt because of medical expenses. they testified in congress. i think we have a picture of...
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cruz said that president obama is abusing his power. >> you think president obama has been abusing his power? >> i think he has absolutely been abusing his power. and when you have a president that says regardless of whether congress acts, i'm going to force my agenda on the american people, that's wrong. >> alex and kathleen thank you for joining us. these remarks are powerful. i'm wondering what we can point to or he has pointed to that suggests obama who was able to pass review with the supreme court for his most important bit of legislation has abused his power. where is the abuse apparent to mr. cruz? >> that's that new yorker piece that you pointed out, chris, as a great piece of writing. and one of the comparisons that david denby makes is that obama care is his communism. it is the thing that animates everything he says. i think in some way because the president is trying to help the poor, the disenfranchised, ted cruz has flipped that and made it somehow a repression of democracy. the fact that the president was willing to use whatever levers he could to reopen the government
cruz said that president obama is abusing his power. >> you think president obama has been abusing his power? >> i think he has absolutely been abusing his power. and when you have a president that says regardless of whether congress acts, i'm going to force my agenda on the american people, that's wrong. >> alex and kathleen thank you for joining us. these remarks are powerful. i'm wondering what we can point to or he has pointed to that suggests obama who was able to pass...
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this is obama's katrina. then we plugged the leak, got republ repairs for people in the gulf, and it wasn't mentioned in the 2012 campaign. so i think it's hard to make a judgment. >> obama care is not the oil. >> no, it's not, but if i were concerned about these numbers as well as the number of people that can get on this website and get obama care. i think when they fix that, this problem will take care of itself. >> is this a grand problem of the inability to solve problems? >> that's a good question. obviously, we don't know, and you're right, health care is not the bp oil spill. it's something that's going to go on for years and decades. you talk to people about it and say, we're really not in the first inning of the nine-inning game. so it's going to take a while to sort this out. i go back to the old notion of follow the money. where is the money going in health care? and individuals are going to pay, employers are going to pay, the government is paying subsidies, but the real interesting x factor are
this is obama's katrina. then we plugged the leak, got republ repairs for people in the gulf, and it wasn't mentioned in the 2012 campaign. so i think it's hard to make a judgment. >> obama care is not the oil. >> no, it's not, but if i were concerned about these numbers as well as the number of people that can get on this website and get obama care. i think when they fix that, this problem will take care of itself. >> is this a grand problem of the inability to solve...
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to obama at the end of that campaign. and i think that kept some democrats from really coming in for buono, who is actually not a bad candidate, and could have done better than she's going to do. >> well, you know, i used to cover new jersey, so when people sort of ask me about, they look closely at chris christie and what he's accomplished as governor. he's done this with a democratic legislature, and he's pushed, in some cases, some very conservative legislation, especially on pensions and public employees. and i say, it is understandable when you look at new jersey, because there's this plit in the democratic party, there are old bosses in the republican party and christie has sort of cultivated them and won over their supporters and the legislatures. i see what's happened inside new jersey, but you talk about sandy and how democrats sort of appreciated christie's standing with the president in the wake of that last year. do you think from the white house's standpoint that that is what has kept them from being more vof
to obama at the end of that campaign. and i think that kept some democrats from really coming in for buono, who is actually not a bad candidate, and could have done better than she's going to do. >> well, you know, i used to cover new jersey, so when people sort of ask me about, they look closely at chris christie and what he's accomplished as governor. he's done this with a democratic legislature, and he's pushed, in some cases, some very conservative legislation, especially on pensions...
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we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> i'm scared to death of what obama care is doing to virginians. terry mcauliffe is scared to death of what obama care's doing to terry mcauliffe. and tomorrow, we need to make his fears come true. >> meanwhile, over in new jersey, the polls show it's not a question if republican governor chris christie will win re-election, but rather, by how much. christie has distanced himself from the tea party, portraying himself as a leader who reaches across the aisle. it's a quality that supporters believe could help him if he runs for president in 2016. >> you watch what's going to happen tomorrow. i absolutely believe that what you're going to see tomorrow is something that hasn't happened in this state in a generation. i had all kinds of folks whis r whispering in my ear today. [ laughter ] "i'm a democrat." "don't tell anybody i'm voting for you." >> governor christie is looking to become the first republican in new jersey to win 50% of the vote in a sta
we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> i'm scared to death of what obama care is doing to virginians. terry mcauliffe is scared to death of what obama care's doing to terry mcauliffe. and tomorrow, we need to make his fears come true. >> meanwhile, over in new jersey, the polls show it's not a question if republican governor chris christie will win re-election, but rather, by how much. christie has distanced himself from the tea party, portraying himself as...
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the accounts of how obama care has ruined my life. you got into the details of it to discover that they really were not well versed in what obama care actually meant to them. i have been looking at every one of these how obama care hurts me stories. i probably haven't seen them all but eric, i haven't seen one that doesn't have a perfectly reasonable explanation nor the story that the people are telling. have you found what you would call real, you know, negative outcomes for people under obama care? >> no, i haven't. the six people that hannity had on his show was a total set up and fraud. i have called others in media and no, there is always an explanation that you didn't hear when they were on fox news or whatever right wing outlet they were on. it's really unfortunate. and you know, i think what e.j. just said, he's right on the money. somebody once said lead, follow, or get out of the way. republicans are in the way. that's all they have done is get in the way and they need to get out of the way right now. >> let's listen more to
the accounts of how obama care has ruined my life. you got into the details of it to discover that they really were not well versed in what obama care actually meant to them. i have been looking at every one of these how obama care hurts me stories. i probably haven't seen them all but eric, i haven't seen one that doesn't have a perfectly reasonable explanation nor the story that the people are telling. have you found what you would call real, you know, negative outcomes for people under obama...
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if they don't fix it, it will be all on obama. when you continue to hear the sarm rhetoric with an asterisk and that's when people start to lose confidence. that will be reflecting directly on the president. >> that means not signing up. that's the nightmare for them. helping people. you guys are coming back and talking more politics on the new nbc "wall street journal" poll. we have big news. the new digital home is live. logon to the new website. no glitches here. you guys will find one. it will be more of the daily run down stuff. they produce the show every day and after the show they post stuff that got left on the cutting room floor. you can watch the show live on the web. you get to see it live on the web. never met a single edition than what you are doing. what are you waiting for? we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance in sync? try align. it's the number one ge recommended probiotic that helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ stay in the groove with align. ♪ could save you fiftee
if they don't fix it, it will be all on obama. when you continue to hear the sarm rhetoric with an asterisk and that's when people start to lose confidence. that will be reflecting directly on the president. >> that means not signing up. that's the nightmare for them. helping people. you guys are coming back and talking more politics on the new nbc "wall street journal" poll. we have big news. the new digital home is live. logon to the new website. no glitches here. you guys...
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i think obama's health care plan may turn out to be the biggest enemy of obama care is obama care when people see what it does. that's not what every member of the senate would think. it's what i happen to think. >> we obviously have a point on which we disagree and we respect each other's views. we have very different views on this. i believe affordable health care for every person, three out of four of us already have health care through an employer or medicare or the va or so on. the folks that don't, it's time to fix it. we have to make sure this works. i think what is most important is that we can have differences and look for common ground. that's called governing. we have a big country and we have people with very different views. it's a democracy and not about looking for the ways we don't agree, but ways where we do agree. if we start with where we do agree, we can get a lot done. >> i good note to end on. you are both believers in the crazy system. you have to find a way to find middle ground on things. thank you both. up next, legal limits in the lone star state. new restric
i think obama's health care plan may turn out to be the biggest enemy of obama care is obama care when people see what it does. that's not what every member of the senate would think. it's what i happen to think. >> we obviously have a point on which we disagree and we respect each other's views. we have very different views on this. i believe affordable health care for every person, three out of four of us already have health care through an employer or medicare or the va or so on. the...
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laboratory of obama care. the state of massachusetts to defend his signature law today. >> i'm confident these marketplaces will work. because massachusetts has shown that the model works. yes, this is hard. the health care system is a big system. and it is complicated. and if it was hard doing it just in one state, it is harder to do it in all 50 states. especially when the governors of a bunch of states and half of the congress are not trying to help. yeah. it is hard, but it is worth it. >> the president was in boston trying to reboot the conversation around the new health law. house republicans were back in washington hard at work investigating the law's troubled debut. >> once again, here we have my republican colleagues trying to scare everybody. >> will the gentleman yield? >> no, i will not yield to this monkey court. >> today, the monkey court was back in session. this time with health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius fielding the questions. from congressmen eager to get to the bottom of
laboratory of obama care. the state of massachusetts to defend his signature law today. >> i'm confident these marketplaces will work. because massachusetts has shown that the model works. yes, this is hard. the health care system is a big system. and it is complicated. and if it was hard doing it just in one state, it is harder to do it in all 50 states. especially when the governors of a bunch of states and half of the congress are not trying to help. yeah. it is hard, but it is worth...
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it's monday november the 4th and president obama beware. the ghost of 2012 is loose oh. >>> what you often hear out of washington can sound like charlie brown's teacher. a jumble of unfocused noise. >> i think it's rotting away. >> out of touch with the things you care about. >> eve got to have a president that can lead. >> we should want be injuring ourselves. >> and right now not able to do so. the campaign manager of ken cuccinel cuccinelli. >> the whole country is waiting for your choice. >> an extreme faction of the republican party, they're willing to hijack the entire party, the country, the economy. >> we want more leaders like your next governor, ken cuccinelli. therveths don't come better than chris christie. >> they try to discern things. >> there are very real consequences when you operate ideologically. >> does ted cruz stand out to you? >> put five red necks on a mower. >> i'm being unfairly targeted by a bunch of
it's monday november the 4th and president obama beware. the ghost of 2012 is loose oh. >>> what you often hear out of washington can sound like charlie brown's teacher. a jumble of unfocused noise. >> i think it's rotting away. >> out of touch with the things you care about. >> eve got to have a president that can lead. >> we should want be injuring ourselves. >> and right now not able to do so. the campaign manager of ken cuccinel cuccinelli. >>...
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president obama hit the road today traveling to the laboratory of obama care. the state of massachusetts, to defend his signature law today. >> i'm confident the market places will work. because massachusetts has shown that the model works. yes, this is hard. because the health care system is a big system. and it's comb pm complicated. if it was hard doing it just in one state. it is harder to do it in all 50 states when governors of a bunch of states and half of the congress aren't trying to help. yeah. it's hard. but it is worth it. >> the president was in boston trying to reboot the conversation around the new health law. house republicans were back in washington, hard at work. investigating the laws troubled debut. >> republican colleagues trying to scare everybody. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i will not yield to the monkey court. >> the mun keonkey court was in session with health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius fielding questions, of congressmen. did you know for example that kathleen sebelius used to be governor of kansas. >> madam sec
president obama hit the road today traveling to the laboratory of obama care. the state of massachusetts, to defend his signature law today. >> i'm confident the market places will work. because massachusetts has shown that the model works. yes, this is hard. because the health care system is a big system. and it's comb pm complicated. if it was hard doing it just in one state. it is harder to do it in all 50 states when governors of a bunch of states and half of the congress aren't...
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not obama care. maybe they would have been more reasonable in working with you on that then. >> that's very interesting and very important point. >> take a look at this, congressman. speaker john boehner brought the economy to the brink by taking us to the edge of a default. yet today he told reporters that the gop's fight against the aca, the affordable care act, is really about growing the economy. that's his concern. let's take a listen. >> obama care is like a wet blanket over our economy. american people are looking for more jobs, better wages. but with all the uncertainty around this law, employers are having a very difficult time making decisions. it's time to delay this. it's time to fix this before it gets any worse. >> you know, congressman, hold your ears, but i said a comment -- i used a comment i don't usually use. what do these guys want obama to do? he's talking about a wet blanket. this guy is killing our enemies the way w couldn't with his rooting tooting gi joe talk. this president
not obama care. maybe they would have been more reasonable in working with you on that then. >> that's very interesting and very important point. >> take a look at this, congressman. speaker john boehner brought the economy to the brink by taking us to the edge of a default. yet today he told reporters that the gop's fight against the aca, the affordable care act, is really about growing the economy. that's his concern. let's take a listen. >> obama care is like a wet blanket...
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well, it sure looks like things have come full circle for president obama. he is back in campaign mode trying to sell his health care law to the public while using mitt romney's plan in massachusetts as an example. >> if it was hard doing it just in one state, it's harder to do it in all 50 states. especially when the governors of a bump nch of states and half o the congress aren't trying to help. yeah, it's hard, but it's worth it. it is the right thing to do and we'll keep moving forward. what can happen here in massachusetts could happen all across the country. and for them and for you, we are going to see this through. >> the problems surrounding healthcare.gov along with the irs, benghazi, the nsa have left president obama with an apa approv an approval rating at an all-time low. just 42% approve of the job he's doing.rating at an all-time low. just 42% approve of the job he's doing. 51% disapprove. and for comparison sake, president george w. bush fell from 72% approval in 2002 post-9/11 to 39% by the same point in his second term. and for the first ti
well, it sure looks like things have come full circle for president obama. he is back in campaign mode trying to sell his health care law to the public while using mitt romney's plan in massachusetts as an example. >> if it was hard doing it just in one state, it's harder to do it in all 50 states. especially when the governors of a bump nch of states and half o the congress aren't trying to help. yeah, it's hard, but it's worth it. it is the right thing to do and we'll keep moving...
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he thinks president obama was born in kenya. and once said that gays should leave alabama and, quote, go back to california or vermont or wherever they came from. what about ted cruz who once called president obama the most radical president ever? he gets his political philosophy from his father, rafael. who recently -- who was recently caught on camera saying this. >> when you hear all these things about homosexual marriage, this has nothing to do with homosexual rights. did you know that? the whole objective is the destruction of the traditional family. has nothing to do with homosexuals. they could care less about homosexuals. they want to destroy the family. >> if priebus is worried about the culture of hatred, he better take a long, hard look at his own party. joining me now are goldie taylor and nia-malika henderson. they say the democrats have a culture of hatred. is he just firing up the republican base? >> i think that's right. you saw mitt romney. when he ran, this was part of his sort of argument as well on a talking
he thinks president obama was born in kenya. and once said that gays should leave alabama and, quote, go back to california or vermont or wherever they came from. what about ted cruz who once called president obama the most radical president ever? he gets his political philosophy from his father, rafael. who recently -- who was recently caught on camera saying this. >> when you hear all these things about homosexual marriage, this has nothing to do with homosexual rights. did you know...
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we need to send barack obama back to chicago. i'd like to send him back to kenya, back to indonesia. >> according to the senior cruz, president obama is a marxist. let's watch this. >> we have to unmask this man. this is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of god. i tell you what. this is classical marxist philosophy. karl marx very clearly said it. marxism requires we destroy god because government must become god. >> senator cruz's office told mother jones quote, pastor cruz does not speak for the senator. but in fact he often does as a surrogate put out by his son. rafael cruz is just more than a senator's father as the national review put it ted cruz has used him as a confidant, a stand-in, and a special envoy. he has sway in his son's inner circle that makes him a power broker. he uses his father for the kind of guidance you'd expect from a consultant. as ted cruz boasted to the magazine, quote, my dad poured himself into my senate race last year in the early months. one day i couldn't make an event so he drove out to we
we need to send barack obama back to chicago. i'd like to send him back to kenya, back to indonesia. >> according to the senior cruz, president obama is a marxist. let's watch this. >> we have to unmask this man. this is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of god. i tell you what. this is classical marxist philosophy. karl marx very clearly said it. marxism requires we destroy god because government must become god. >> senator cruz's office told mother jones quote, pastor...
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>> romney has always had a hard time criticizing obama on health care given the obama plan really is based a lot on what mitt romney did in massachusetts. there are a couple of big differences. one is that mitt romney's plan in massachusetts had political buy in from both parties and that made about politically legitimate, made it easier to work on it as if went boat went. and one thing few know is that the massachusetts health system, the romney care plan, didn't attempt to do real time subsidy verification within the exchanges. so the most complicated part in massachusetts just didn't exist in the original massachusetts plan. and that's been a big part of what has given healthcare.gov so much trouble. >> because in the obama care exchange, it connects to the irs main frames, it connects also to the dhs main frame. >> and to multiple states. and it connects to multiple states and attempts to do all of this income verification, all this stuff that determines how much subsidies you'll get or not get in real time. that wasn't part of the massachusetts plan when mitt romney signed it in
>> romney has always had a hard time criticizing obama on health care given the obama plan really is based a lot on what mitt romney did in massachusetts. there are a couple of big differences. one is that mitt romney's plan in massachusetts had political buy in from both parties and that made about politically legitimate, made it easier to work on it as if went boat went. and one thing few know is that the massachusetts health system, the romney care plan, didn't attempt to do real time...
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they have to run against barack obama and the obama administration they consistently vote against. so i think they've got a lot of explaining to do. >> let me ask you about that special election down in florida, tampa bay, classic swing district, political junkies like myself. probably overread the results because that's what we do. but how important is it? >> it's important. >> if you lose it, then suddenly, you know what, you have to be more nervous about the national climate. >> i think people reach too much in to special elections. both parties have won and lost elections that a lot of prognosticators have said there goes the party this way or that way. and in the end there are special elections, they're called special for a reason. we want to win that seat. florida is a very important state and this is a very important district. i think voter will want to continue the terrific work and legacy of bill young in that seat. we are talking as late as last night with some really terrific candidates that can come forward. their candidate, alice sink, has to move in from another city
they have to run against barack obama and the obama administration they consistently vote against. so i think they've got a lot of explaining to do. >> let me ask you about that special election down in florida, tampa bay, classic swing district, political junkies like myself. probably overread the results because that's what we do. but how important is it? >> it's important. >> if you lose it, then suddenly, you know what, you have to be more nervous about the national...
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the obama care fearmongering continues. now it's sharply focused on the initial implementation of the affordable care act. tonight's question -- what's the latest myth a right-wing buddy has told you about the healthcare.gov site or obama care. i'll share your replies later on the show. stay tuned. the secret is out. hydration is in. [ female announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish itself. aveeno® naturally beautiful results. [ male announcer ] rocky had no idea why dawn was gone for so long... ...but he'd wait for her forever and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein. ...to help keep rocky's body as strong as a love that never fades. iams. keep love strong. now you can keep love fun with new shakeables meaty treats. >>> big news from marco rubio today. in the latest installment of our recurring se
the obama care fearmongering continues. now it's sharply focused on the initial implementation of the affordable care act. tonight's question -- what's the latest myth a right-wing buddy has told you about the healthcare.gov site or obama care. i'll share your replies later on the show. stay tuned. the secret is out. hydration is in. [ female announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish itself....
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the debate in obama care. max and penny kept our bookstore exciting and would always come to my rescue. but as time passed, i started to notice max just wasn't himself. and i knew he'd feel better if he lost a little weight. so i switched to purina cat chow healthy weight formula. i just fed the recommended amount... and they both loved the taste. after a few months max's "special powers" returned... and i got my hero back. purina cat chow healthy weight. still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. wears off. [ female announcer ] stop searching and start repairing. eucerin professional repair moisturizes while actually repairing very dry skin. the end of trial and error has arrived. try a free sample at eucerinus.com. >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt". black to the investigation on the fatal shooting at lax. investigators in l.a. and injure injure are
the debate in obama care. max and penny kept our bookstore exciting and would always come to my rescue. but as time passed, i started to notice max just wasn't himself. and i knew he'd feel better if he lost a little weight. so i switched to purina cat chow healthy weight formula. i just fed the recommended amount... and they both loved the taste. after a few months max's "special powers" returned... and i got my hero back. purina cat chow healthy weight. still running in the morning?...
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it's just we who don't like barack obama who want our guns who don't want obama care, we're the real americans. so it's not as if we have a culturally politically diverse country going on. and we go back and forth in between who wins and loses in policy fights, it's about what ask the real america. i think it has tremendously deep religious roots as well. >> i didn't start out the way i am politically. i moved from right to left. and i began even in college or younger i thought we do need social security. everybody can't end up on welfare because they didn't have enough real savings out of their work. you need a program to get people to save. and you need medicare for people who don't have health. nobody could pay the health care costs these days on their own. and you need civil rights. you can't wait for the southern states to agree 3/4 of the states. there had to be measures to move society ahead. that's when i started thinking through the libertarianism as a kid. but when cruz offers this libertarianism for kids like we don't really need social security or medicare. we don't need
it's just we who don't like barack obama who want our guns who don't want obama care, we're the real americans. so it's not as if we have a culturally politically diverse country going on. and we go back and forth in between who wins and loses in policy fights, it's about what ask the real america. i think it has tremendously deep religious roots as well. >> i didn't start out the way i am politically. i moved from right to left. and i began even in college or younger i thought we do need...
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we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> i'm scared to death of what obama care is doing to virginians. terry mcauliffe is scared to death of what obama care is doing to terry mcauliffe. and tomorrow, we need to make his fears come true. >> now, obviously if cuccinelli wins, it would be a huge upset in your state. the polls certainly indicate that this is going to be a win for terry mcauliffe, but is this a win for politicians across the country? >> well, it depends. if they're clear, like terry has been, that he supports the affordable care act, in fact he's going to enfranchise 400,000 people onto the medicaid rolls if he's elected who would not get health insurance if cuccinelli is elected, and of course terry brought president obama in sunday. so he's not running away from the affordable care act. and the president was very clear. so i agree with marco rubio for general send a very clear message to the country but i think it's a very different message than what he anticipates. >> bac
we don't want obama care. we don't want more big government. >> i'm scared to death of what obama care is doing to virginians. terry mcauliffe is scared to death of what obama care is doing to terry mcauliffe. and tomorrow, we need to make his fears come true. >> now, obviously if cuccinelli wins, it would be a huge upset in your state. the polls certainly indicate that this is going to be a win for terry mcauliffe, but is this a win for politicians across the country? >>...
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and obama should have known this. why don't some of these network reporters get off their ass and go down to some of these clinics and meet the real people who are going to see the benefits of obama care. is there a moral component to that? whoa, that's too heavy a question for a network story. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts with us on twitter at ed show and on facebook. want to know what you think. tell me if i'm wrong. coming up, the shock jock game. >> shock of all shocks. >> quote, sticker shock. >> sticker shock. >> shock me, shock me, shock me, with that deviant behavior. >> i am shocked. shocked. >> shocked! republican senators who voted against hurricane sandy relief aid have the nerve to come to new york and shake down donors on the one-year anniversary of storm sandy. ♪ still running against the wind ♪ ♪ against the wind [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do yo
and obama should have known this. why don't some of these network reporters get off their ass and go down to some of these clinics and meet the real people who are going to see the benefits of obama care. is there a moral component to that? whoa, that's too heavy a question for a network story. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts with us on twitter at ed show and on facebook. want to know what you think. tell me if i'm wrong. coming up,...
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virginians who want to see obama care grow further can vote for mcauliffe. mcauliffe has been a strong support of what obama care will mean for virginians and how it's going to change the narrative. even though obama care because of the netechnical glitches and the rollout, he's acting like it's not political kryptonite for him to talk about. >> that's exactly right. i think mcauliffe has made the case there's a lot of elements within the affordable care act that remain very popular with americans in general. and mcauliffe doesn't necessarily see the risk. that he can embrace this law and run on it as part of his platform. kucuccinelli has made a strateg decision that might cost his party dearly. obviously there's problems with the rollout of obama care but at the same time if cuccinelli loses, as now seems likely, we'll see that sound bite over and over again of cuccinelli and his allies saying this is a referendum on the affordable care act. if he loses, the affordable care act wins. this is something to keep an eye on as the results come in tonight. >> i
virginians who want to see obama care grow further can vote for mcauliffe. mcauliffe has been a strong support of what obama care will mean for virginians and how it's going to change the narrative. even though obama care because of the netechnical glitches and the rollout, he's acting like it's not political kryptonite for him to talk about. >> that's exactly right. i think mcauliffe has made the case there's a lot of elements within the affordable care act that remain very popular with...
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the obama care fearmongering continues. now it's sharply focused on the initial implementation of the affordable care act. tonight's question -- what's the latest myth a right-wing buddy has told you about the healthcare.gov site or obama care. i'll share your replies later on the show. stay tuned. [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact i'to guard their manhood with trnew depend shields and guards. the discreet protection that's just for guys. now, it's your turn. get my training tips at guardyourmanhood.com the end. lovely read susan. but isn't it time to turn the page on your cup of joe? gevalia, or a cup of johan, is like losing yourself in a great book. may i read something? yes, please. of course. a rich, never bitter taste cup after cup. net weight 340 grams. [ sighs ] [ chuckles ] [ announcer ] always
the obama care fearmongering continues. now it's sharply focused on the initial implementation of the affordable care act. tonight's question -- what's the latest myth a right-wing buddy has told you about the healthcare.gov site or obama care. i'll share your replies later on the show. stay tuned. [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum...
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has been doing some damage control on the botched obama care rollout. are these problems with his signature piece of legislation going to make it impossible for him to focus on any other pieces of his legislative agenda or does he actually need to turn his attention to something else as a bit of a distraction? >> you know, i think it's hard to turn the attention to something else right now, given that the problems are still out there. i think until those problems are gone and we're no longer talking about obama care kind of on a daily basis, it's very hard to turn to issues like immigration. i do think you can still get smaller things done. i think the white house is going to continue to push for this employment nondiscrimination act, among other things. but you know, congress has shown that its very difficult to get really big things done, and that goes double when you've got something like this hanging over your head, i believe. >> all right. aaron blake of "the washington post." thanks so much for your time this morning, aaron. >> thank you. >>> comi
has been doing some damage control on the botched obama care rollout. are these problems with his signature piece of legislation going to make it impossible for him to focus on any other pieces of his legislative agenda or does he actually need to turn his attention to something else as a bit of a distraction? >> you know, i think it's hard to turn the attention to something else right now, given that the problems are still out there. i think until those problems are gone and we're no...
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obama said i am wired in a different way than this event requires. obama pausd. i just don't know if i can do this. he said. he was like ted kennedy. he didn't know why he was running for president. i got to reason to run. >> this sass john said one of the most extraordinary scenes we came across. it was hard to get because there were only a few people in the room. the president two week before the debate, 48 hours before the election, 48 hours before the debate he's in a bad place. he's been telling them i'm barack obama i never lose two in a row. i'll win the second debate. in this meeting he said i'm not sure i can do it. saying he has no plans which was a critique of many republicans, including governor romney and some people in the press the fact he said it in this meeting something that some conservatives are going to seize on to say see he wasn't running on anything. how could he go out and have a serious discussion with mitt romney when he was running a campaign to disqualify mitt romney and not on any kind of specific big things that he wants to be about
obama said i am wired in a different way than this event requires. obama pausd. i just don't know if i can do this. he said. he was like ted kennedy. he didn't know why he was running for president. i got to reason to run. >> this sass john said one of the most extraordinary scenes we came across. it was hard to get because there were only a few people in the room. the president two week before the debate, 48 hours before the election, 48 hours before the debate he's in a bad place. he's...
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. >> this is a referendum on obama care. >> it's a referendum on obama care. no to obama care. >> passing the law was the easy part. >> terry mcauliffe is scared to death of what obama care is doing to terry mcauliffe. >> there has been so much noise and misinformation. >> we need to make his fears come true. >> on one night, the whole country is looking to for leadership. >> some may go down tonight, but it ain't going to be jobs, sweetheart. you're going to see something that hasn't happened in this state in a generation. >> i've got one more campaign in me to make sure this laws works for every single person in america. ♪ the chills that you spill up my back gave me satisfaction when we're done ♪ ♪ satisfaction of what's to come ♪ >> greetings and happen election day. as voters across the nation cast their ballots for more than 300 new mayors, more than 200 state legislators and decide more than 30 ballot initiatives in 6 states. we're also monitoring a major political story north the border where toronto mayor rob ford is expected on cameras any mo
. >> this is a referendum on obama care. >> it's a referendum on obama care. no to obama care. >> passing the law was the easy part. >> terry mcauliffe is scared to death of what obama care is doing to terry mcauliffe. >> there has been so much noise and misinformation. >> we need to make his fears come true. >> on one night, the whole country is looking to for leadership. >> some may go down tonight, but it ain't going to be jobs, sweetheart....
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president obama hit the road today traveling to the laboratory of obama care. the state of massachusetts, to defend his signature law today. >> i'm confident the market places will work. because massachusetts has shown that the model works. yes, this is hard. because the health care system is a big system. and it's comb pm complicated. if it was hard doing it just in one state. it is harder to do it in all 50 states when governors of a bunch of states and half of the congress aren't trying to help. yeah. it's hard. but i
president obama hit the road today traveling to the laboratory of obama care. the state of massachusetts, to defend his signature law today. >> i'm confident the market places will work. because massachusetts has shown that the model works. yes, this is hard. because the health care system is a big system. and it's comb pm complicated. if it was hard doing it just in one state. it is harder to do it in all 50 states when governors of a bunch of states and half of the congress aren't...
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and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt about that. >> no excuse for it. >> i apologize. >> i am accountable to you for fixing these problems. >> taking the blame. >> kathleen sebelius. >> we were wrong. we must fix it. >> a few committee members. >> had their rehearsed one-liner. >> to be played on cable news. >> some people like to drive a ford not a ferrari. >> has a man ever delivered a baby. >> of come on in the water is fine. >> toto, we are not in kansas. >> the proverbial, we are not in kansas any more. >> you are from kansas. we are not in kansas anymore. >> you clearly, whatever. >> we are working overtime to improve it every day. >> that's good news. >> this is the hall where. >> mitt romney. >> pick any
and there, president obama defended the affordable care act. >> president obama is expected to share the limelight. >> so health care reform in this state was a success. >> president obama is minutes away. >> stop in boston by the president. >> from a critical speech on his health care law. >> let's face it. we've had a problem. >> website glitches. >> website hasn't worked the way it is supposed to. >> no doubt about that. >> no...
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mccarthy ratcheted up the rhetoric refusing to walk back his father rafael's comparison of president obama to cuban dictator fidel castro. ted cruz's seasonably appropriate sieve zealot costume is not exactly frightening democrats who see cruz and his descendants as the enof the gop at least according to majority leader harry reid. >> if i didn't care so much for our country, i would hope he would get the republican party nomination. that would be the end of the republican party. >> indeed with his turn at the captain's wheel signs of a party decline are coming into view. according to latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll, the public's view of the republican party has reached another all-time low garnering just 2 % approval rating. at the same time "new york times" reporting that the democratic party is enjoying something of a boomlet in newly declared candidacies for congress in red states. almost all of the democratic candidates, the "times" reports, driven to run over disgust over cruz's shutdown strategy. if i ever see ted cruz all i'm going to say is thank you, thank you, said ne
mccarthy ratcheted up the rhetoric refusing to walk back his father rafael's comparison of president obama to cuban dictator fidel castro. ted cruz's seasonably appropriate sieve zealot costume is not exactly frightening democrats who see cruz and his descendants as the enof the gop at least according to majority leader harry reid. >> if i didn't care so much for our country, i would hope he would get the republican party nomination. that would be the end of the republican party. >>...
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but let me say this, they are not against obama care. this is about the rollout, this is about the glitches, this is about a computer system that goes down every now and then. i would have hoped, as i said often before this rollout, that we would be emphasizing that 1-800 number, getting people to the telephones so they can talk to people, getting people into these community health centers out there that we have funded to have personal one-on-one conversations with people. and then let's add up the numbers after about five or six months. this is not unlike we had with medicare part d when we had these kinds of headlines that ran for about 90 days before they finally got it right after six months. and we'll get this right as well. >> all right. well, the pressure is on and it's just -- >> yes, it is. >> -- since october the 1st. we will keep watching. james clyburn, thanks so much. dr. cory herbert and lisa myers, thanks to all three of you. >>> today marks exactly one year since superstorm known as sandy made landfall along the east coas
but let me say this, they are not against obama care. this is about the rollout, this is about the glitches, this is about a computer system that goes down every now and then. i would have hoped, as i said often before this rollout, that we would be emphasizing that 1-800 number, getting people to the telephones so they can talk to people, getting people into these community health centers out there that we have funded to have personal one-on-one conversations with people. and then let's add up...
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can she hold the obama coalition? but also peel off some of the blue collar white voters who clinton was so adept at getting. never one north carolina. certainly that would be on their list of want to win states should she win. but it's hard to see that somebody was going to get in this race. >> i also think in the number of shows that people are craving moderation. there's a real opening for someone like hillary clinton who has a fairly mainstream body of corporation corporations. >> she's got an article saying it has to be a different team this time than the team she used in the last presidential campaign. >> that's right. a lot of fighting from that team. they sort of frittered away a lot of money in iowa. i still think the big hurdle that hillary clinton is going to have to pass is that she is from the 90s. sure she is a contemporary now. but presidential contests are always about the future. and that's why you get somebody in there like chris christie. he is going to be able to say he's something new and fresh, w
can she hold the obama coalition? but also peel off some of the blue collar white voters who clinton was so adept at getting. never one north carolina. certainly that would be on their list of want to win states should she win. but it's hard to see that somebody was going to get in this race. >> i also think in the number of shows that people are craving moderation. there's a real opening for someone like hillary clinton who has a fairly mainstream body of corporation corporations....
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white house said president obama didn't know about it. the deep dive into the relationship between two men known by three letters. w and the vp. the tension that ended their term together gotten better or worse in the last five years? good morning from washington. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. get to my first reads of the morning. with eight days before election day, democrats in virginia are setting sights on their first sweep of statewide offices since 1989 as new jersey governor chris christie goes for a transformational blowout, pulling out all the stops to break maybe even 60%. unheard of for a republican in that state. a string of polls show that terry mcauliffe is several points ahead of his republican rival, ken cuccinelli. the question is what it will lock like on november 5th. he brought in the big dog, long time friend and former president you may know by the name of bill clinton. boost turn out particularly among african-american voters in college towns. on sunday, clinton kicked off a four-day, nine-city tour o
white house said president obama didn't know about it. the deep dive into the relationship between two men known by three letters. w and the vp. the tension that ended their term together gotten better or worse in the last five years? good morning from washington. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. get to my first reads of the morning. with eight days before election day, democrats in virginia are setting sights on their first sweep of statewide offices since 1989 as new...
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i asked lee greenwald if it was credible if president obama, as he claims, did not know president obama was spying on one of his most trusted european allies. >> unfortunately it is credible. nsa has become this rogue agency that does go off on its own and do whatever it wants. you would think the president or white house would be aware of that. at the same time an incredibly opaque world that is unto itself that operates actability. i don't know what's carrier, the president did know, approved it and is lying about it or didn't know and nsa took it upon itself to do that. >> california congressman adam schiff will be among those raising questions at the hearings. he's stopped off on the way. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> what's the most important thing you want to hear from the head of the nsa and national intelligence. >> couple of things. the hearing was originally supposed to be focused on domestic information fisa court and reforms, want to know how they restructure metadata, so they have their own data, doesn't have to have massive amounts of u.s. calling data. on the most r
i asked lee greenwald if it was credible if president obama, as he claims, did not know president obama was spying on one of his most trusted european allies. >> unfortunately it is credible. nsa has become this rogue agency that does go off on its own and do whatever it wants. you would think the president or white house would be aware of that. at the same time an incredibly opaque world that is unto itself that operates actability. i don't know what's carrier, the president did know,...
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sebelius will testify wednesday and also wednesday, president obama takes obama care on the road to massachusetts, a state that's been running insurance exchanges for half a decade. mass is sets the precedent that many in healthcare.gov enrollment will spike the closer we get to the
sebelius will testify wednesday and also wednesday, president obama takes obama care on the road to massachusetts, a state that's been running insurance exchanges for half a decade. mass is sets the precedent that many in healthcare.gov enrollment will spike the closer we get to the